Tomponsky District (Russian: Томпонский улу́с ; Yakut : Томпо улууһа , Tompo uluuha ) is an administrative and municipal district ( raion , or ulus ), one of the thirty-four in the Sakha Republic , Russia. It is located in the east of the republic and borders with Momsky District in the northeast, Oymyakonsky District in the east, Ust-Maysky District in the southeast, Tattinsky District in the southwest, Ust-Aldansky and Kobyaysky Districts in the west, and with Verkhoyansky District in the north and northwest. The area of the district is 135,800 square kilometers (52,400 sq mi). Its administrative center is the urban locality (a settlement ) of Khandyga . Population: 14,099 ( 2010 Census ) ; 15,275 ( 2002 Census ); 22,844 ( 1989 Soviet census ) . The population of Khandyga accounts for 47.1% of the district's total population.
5-642: The landscape of the district is mostly mountainous. Its main rivers include the Aldan , the Tompo , Adycha , Nelgese , Derbeke and the Khandyga . Emanda is a lake located on the Yana Plateau , in the northern part of the district. Average January temperature ranges from −38 to −42 °C (−36 to −44 °F) and average July temperature ranges from +10 to +17 °C (50 to 63 °F). Annual precipitation
10-570: Is 250–300 millimeters (9.8–11.8 in). The district was established on May 20, 1931. As of the 2021 Census , the ethnic composition was as follows: The economy of the district is based on mining, production of construction materials, and agriculture. There are deposits of tin, tungsten, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, molybdenum, gold, silver, coal, gypsum, marble, and other minerals. Divisional source: Population source: *Administrative centers are shown in bold Aldan River The Aldan ( Sakha and Russian : Алдан )
15-600: Is the second-longest right tributary of the Lena in the Sakha Republic in eastern Siberia . The river is 2,273 kilometres (1,412 mi) long, of which around 1,600 kilometres (990 mi) is navigable. It has a drainage basin of 729,000 square kilometres (281,000 sq mi). The river was part of the River Route to Okhotsk . In 1639 Ivan Moskvitin ascended the rivers Aldan and Maya and crossed to
20-737: The Stanovoy Mountains southwest of Neryungri . It flows roughly in a northeast / ENE direction south of the Lena Plateau across the Aldan Highlands , where it forms the northern border of the Sunnagyn Range . Then it flows past Aldan and through Tommot , Ust-Maya , Eldikan and Khandyga before turning northwest. In its last stretch it flanks the southern slopes of the Verkhoyansk Range and joins
25-649: The Ulya to reach the Sea of Okhotsk . Its basin is known for gold and for Cambrian fossils . Previously, a version of the origin from the Turkic-Mongolian word altan, altyn in the meaning of "gold" was spread, then a hypothesis appeared of the origin of the hydronym Aldan (in the variant Allan) from the Evenk oldo, ollo — "fish". Another explanation: aldan is a coastal spring ice ( evenk ). The Aldan rises in
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